U2 rewarded in the name of Woody Guthrie

The U2 they will be awarded the Woody Guthrie Prize 2025 During the ceremony to be held on October 21st at the Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma, present Bono And The Edge. The prize is awarded every year to the artists who “improve the spirit and work of Guthrie, speaking on behalf of the less fortunate through music, cinema, literature, dance or other forms of art and acting as a positive force for social change”.

“U2 embody the mission of the Woody Guthrie Prize, using music to face injustices and inspire action,” he says Cady Shawdirector of Woody Guthrie Center. “By conferring the Woody Guthrie Prize 2025 to U2, we pay homage to a musical legacy that continues to challenge who we are and unite all over the world”.

Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton And Larry Mullen Jr. are added to the list of previous winners of the Guthrie Prize who includes among others, Pete seeger, Mavis Staples, Joan Baez, Bruce Springsteen And Tom Morelloawarded last year, which in the circumstance had declared to the spin magazine that Guthrie “is a polar star that guides the point of view of those who have to do with the music industry, with the willingness to be always available, to take sides on the oppressed side and to instill in their music not only a purpose, but also humanity. The songs for children of Woody Guthrie are beautiful and impact as the songs of the rights of immigrants and his songs and his songs Anti -fascists.

The latest news about the Irish band report that the new album is “almost finished”, but to listen to it it will still have to have patience. The disc will be the first composed of unpublished from 2017, the year of publication of “Songs of Experience” (Read the review here). The most likely hypothesis regarding the album output timing is the second half of 2026.

As for the live activity U2 They are stopped on March 2, 2024 when they closed their long residency at the Las Vegas sphere.